Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Cohort
From: Creating a 13-year National Longitudinal Cohort of veterans with chronic kidney disease
Sample size (n) = 3,051,001 | |
|---|---|
Mean age (std. dev.) | 76.7 (11.0) |
Married (%) | 57.8 |
Gender (% female) | 3.7 |
Race (%) | |
Non-Hispanic black | 13.4 |
Hispanic | 3.6 |
Other | 2.0 |
Non-Hispanic white | 80.9 |
VA Region (%) | |
1 Atlantic | 23.2 |
2 Southeast | 20.5 |
3 Upper Midwest | 25.8 |
4 Central West | 15.6 |
5 Southwest | 14.9 |
Rural-Urban (%) | |
Urban | 71.0 |
Rural | 28.0 |
Insular Islands | 1.0 |
*Service-related disability (> 50%) | 22.7 |
Mortality (%) (prior to 1/1/2016) | 50.2 |
Comorbidities | |
Hypertension, uncomplicated (%) | 90.3 |
Diabetes with complications (%) | 27.1 |
Diabetes, uncomplicated (%) | 48.7 |
Peripheral vascular disorders (%) | 29.0 |
Chronic pulmonary disease (%) | 42.6 |
Congestive heart failure (%) | 27.7 |
Hypertension, complications (%) | 21.2 |
Kidney transplant (%) | 0.5 |
Medical Comorbidities (%) | |
3 or less | 24.0 |
4–5 | 25.8 |
6–7 | 20.9 |
8 or more | 29.4 |